1.) Keep a healthy lifestyle - you know what that means, so I'm not going into any details on this one.
2.) Eat a quality collagen supplement - go to your favorite BIO store and buy the best 100% collagen protein you'll find. After certain age your body produces less of amino acids that form collagen and thus supplementing them seems to be a really good idea. In short, collagen is formed by the following amino-acids: glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine. Additionaly, you need amino-acids that combine to produce collagen such as the essential Threonine. Essential means that our body cannot make it on its own and relies on its daily intake in foods such as lentils, peanuts, eggs, milk, pork, beef and chicken.
The non-essential amino-acids such as Proline can be synthesized by the body but we also can find it in gelatin, soy, milk, cheese, beef and cabbage.
When you take a collagen supplement, which is nothing more than a dried animal collagen, your body decompose it into individual amino acids and then forms your own collagen, which is then transfered to your body. This is a slow process and to see a visible effect, you need to take the supplement a few months. Anyway, the experiences people leave on forums are great and talk even about not only better skin quality, but also fuller lips and breasts. I think it's really worth a try.
3.) Eat a lot of Vitamin C - among others, it's very important for a good administration of the collagen. Apples, oranges and spinach are very good sources and the foods I highly recommend to eat often.
4.) Drink a lot of water - for faster and better detoxifying and cell growth.
5.) Eat garlic - Eat one to two cloves of fresh garlic everyday. It contains sulfur, which helps and producing collagen. Furthermore, garlic contains also taurine and lipoid acid, which repair damaged collagen fibers.
5.) Do explosive exercises - while long term continuous strenuous exercise leads to collagen degradation, explosive training boosts up the collagen production in your body.
